December Chapter 27.

Today's second chapter.

The monthly ticket list has reached 16. Thank you to your friends like the water of the Yellow River, and you will bow again.

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Professor Guo’s big night.

Hou Weidong, Yang Liu, Ren Lindu and other Yang Qing's cadre classmates invited him to Shazhou College. Qin Xiaohong was in charge of work in Lingxi and agreed to come back to the evening.

Compared with the day before yesterday, Guo Lan looked even more haggard. She arranged for Hou Weidong and others to sit down and went to welcome other guests. According to the customs of Shazhou, filial sons and daughters met guests who came to sit down and kowtow. The atmosphere of Shazhou College was relatively open, so they changed to slightly bent their knees.

When Hou Weidong saw the pitiful Guo Lan, he felt very disgusted.

Ren Lindu followed Ji Cheng to the provincial capital these two days and only learned about this morning. He called Guo Lan several times along the way and arrived at the mourning hall of Shazhou College. He originally wanted to help, but the Organization Department of Chengjin County Party Committee mobilized the mourning hall to be well organized and he didn't need him to help.

After walking a few times, Ren Lindu had to sit back to Hou Weidong's table to watch everyone play poker.

At seven o'clock, the mourning hall was filled with guests, and the popularity was very high.

Hou Weidong took a good card and was planning to do it. Suddenly, Yan Chunping leaned over his ear and said, "Mayor Hou, Secretary Zhu is here."

The people who played cards all raised their heads. It turned out that Zhu Minsheng and others came over. They attracted everyone's attention like movie stars.

Someone was talking about: "It's really a guest who left Wang's house. Guo Lan became an official, and everyone was rushing to come and have a big night." Someone said: "The old president passed away a few days ago, let alone the secretary of the municipal party committee. Even the county party committee secretary would not come. This is the world." Someone said: "Professor Guo has been teaching and educating people all his life and never deals with officials. At the end of the night, all the officials in the city came. It's really interesting."

As the saying goes, an outsider watches the excitement, and an insider sees the trick, Hou Weidong's eyes surpassed Zhu Minsheng. He was surprised to see that the person next to him was Zhao Dong, secretary of the provincial party committee.

"Zhu Minsheng came to send wreaths because Zhao Dong was coming to send wreaths." Hou Weidong remembered that Zhao Dong and Guo Lan had a superior-level relationship when they were in the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee.

Hou Weidong was the highest-level official present. He and Zeng Zhaoqiang and others welcomed Zhu Minsheng and Zhao Dong. Several people exchanged some greetings at the door, and Master Guo and Guo Lan walked over.

Zhao Dong wore a medium-length coat, which was both powerful and elegant. He held Guo Lan's hand and gently patted Guo Lan's back with the other hand, and said caringly: "Guo Lan, by the way. I didn't expect that Professor Guo would go so fast, so I should have come to the provincial capital for treatment early."

Hou Weidong followed Zhao Dong, and he saw this detail very clearly. He said intimately: "No wonder, no wonder."

Guo Lan shook hands with other comrades and took the opportunity to pull out her hands and said to Zhu Minsheng and Zhao Dong: "All leaders, please sit inside."

According to Shazhou customs, Zhu Minsheng and Zhao Dong went to the front of Professor Guo's portrait to burn incense. However, they did not kneel. They just bowed three times in front of the portrait.

The relatives and friends of the Guo family quickly cleared two tables for several major leaders, and Zhao Dong, Zhu Minsheng, Hou Weidong and other department-level cadres sat together.

Zhu Minsheng said: "Shazhou University is the highest institution of learning in Shazhou. I don't know what the reason was that an undergraduate college was placed in Yiyang, rather than in the city of Shazhou."

Zhao Dong glanced at Guo Lan sitting next to him and said, "I remember that the municipal party committee intended to relocate the college to the southern new district at that time, but the matter was left alone."

"Shazhou University has accumulated decades of accumulation in Yiyang. It is very expensive to move a university and the financial resources of Shazhou are unbearable. This matter can only be carried out until the next step."

Zhao Dong became the secretary of the provincial party committee, and his status has been significantly improved and his horizons have broadened a lot. He said: "Universities have expanded since 1999, which is a long-term irreversible trend, just like reform. Shazhou University had less than 10,000 people before 1999, but now it is close to 20,000 people. The existing campus cannot meet the needs. Instead of a large-scale land acquisition in Yiyang, it is better to directly relocate to the new district in southern Shazhou. The old campus can serve as a base for adult education."

Zhu Minsheng nodded steadily and said to Hou Weidong: "Mayor Hou, you are in charge of the Southern New District. Director Zhao's proposal makes a lot of sense. After the spring begins, we will conduct a survey with Comrade Mingjun and put this matter on the agenda of the listing committee."

"I'll start working on this matter right away."

Hou Weidong has housing in the campus. From personal factors, he is more willing to keep it the same. From the perspective of the deputy mayor, he thinks what Zhao Dong said makes sense. He thought: "Zhu Minsheng expelled Zhao Dong from Shazhou back then, but Zhao Dong came to work and became Qian Guoliang's secretary. Even if Zhu Min's attitude towards the world is good, there are still grudges in their hearts. Now Zhu Minsheng must be particularly regretful of what happened back then."

At this time, Ma Youcai, secretary of Yiyang County Party Committee, came and heard the news. When he was the governor of Yiyang, Guo Lan was just an ordinary cadre in the Organization Department. He had no impression of Guo Lan at that time. Later, Guo Lan was transferred to the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee and became the section chief, and he had an impression of Guo Lan.

When the Yiyang County Party Committee Office heard that Guo Lan was holding a funeral at Shazhou University, he sent someone to deliver a wreath, which was considered to be the intention. As the county party secretary, Ma Youcai had an ordinary relationship with Guo Lan, so he naturally would not come to sit in the night. When he received a call, he was shocked to learn that Zhao Dong and Zhu Minsheng had arrived in person, so he took the bus to Shazhou University.

After Ma Youcai arrived, the top leaders of the party and government of Shazhou University also rushed over one after another.

Zhao Dong sat until eleven o'clock in the evening before saying goodbye to Guo Lan.

After Zhao Dong and Zhu Minsheng left, the people who had just gotten together dispersed one after another.

In Ren Lindu's eyes, Zhu Minsheng and Zhao Lin were both unattainable figures, and they actually appeared at Professor Guo's funeral. He had been pursuing Guo Lan and never expected that she would have such popularity.

At this moment, looking at Guo Lan in plain clothes, he suddenly felt discouraged and completely lost his confidence. He made up his mind: "I must leave this suffocating place, take a step back and the sky is wide open, and I cannot hang myself on a tree."

When Hou Weidong sent someone back, Ren Lindu pulled him aside and said, "Do you tell me that day?" Hou Weidong didn't come back to his senses for a moment. He said, "One day, what's going on."

When Ren Lindu saw Hou Weidong forgetting this matter, he said, "It's the matter of the Beijing Office. I really want to go to the capital. In this situation, I can't do it if I don't leave."

Hou Weidong said: "Don't worry about this matter. I remember it in my heart, but the time is not ripe. Let's study this matter when the Spring Festival comes."

At twelve o'clock in the evening, Yang Liu said goodbye. She is now Qiao Yue's full-time secretary. She has to pick Qiao Yue up every morning, so she dare not stay all night.

Hou Weidong's car driver was napping in the car. When he saw Hou Weidong knocking on the door, he quickly sat up and said, "Mayor Hou, do you want to go back?"

"I won't go back. I'll stay all night today. Yang Liu from the Municipal Party Committee Office is going to return to Shazhou. You can send her back. Come and pick me up at 7:30 tomorrow."

Yang Liu stood at the car door and said, "Mayor Hou, I have got the key to my new house. I am going to start decorating after the Spring Festival, thank you." Yang Liu's new house was in the Family Court of the Agricultural Machinery and Water and Power Bureau, which occupied Hou Weidong's quota at that time. Due to the support of the Water Resources Department, the project funds were abundant, and several family courtyards were progressing rapidly. At present, the keys had been obtained, and Yang Liu was naturally very grateful to Hou Weidong.

Yang Liu left shortly after a while. Qin Xiaohong and Liang Bifa from Yiyang County Transportation Bureau rushed over. Liang Bifa was so strong that he went to various restaurants every day, but he was still full of red faces. On the contrary, Qin Xiaohong, who resigned to do business, seemed very uninspired.

That night, the people who stayed overnight were Professor Guo’s immediate relatives, including the young people in the youth cadre class and the young people from the Organization Department of Chengjin County Party Committee.

Three days after the funeral ends, the Spring Festival is here.

Hou Weidong received a call from Guo Lan: "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"I will give it to you the key to Shazhou College."

"You take it first, I have more than one key."

"I don't want to be at home during the Spring Festival. My dad's shadow is everywhere in the house. My mom and I go to my aunt's house in Lingxi."

"Life and death are all natural laws. Don't be immersed in grief. Not only do you have to face this matter correctly, but you also have to motivate Master Guo's wife."

Guo Lan's eyes turned red when she heard Hou Weidong's explanation, and she said, "I thought about a lot of things when I stayed in my father's study. From my nature, I don't like being an administrative cadre. I want to work in college, then go to school for full-time and become a scholar. This is what my father wants me to do the most."

Seeing that Guo Lan had made up his mind, Hou Weidong said, "You must consider it carefully and give up the career you have now."

Guo Lan kept holding Hou Weidong's key in her hand, and she said firmly: "Give up is also an attitude of life, I have made up my mind."

On the night of New Year's Eve, Hou Weidong and a group of people were arranged to check the safety of the Southern New District. They held a safety work meeting before the festival, and the municipal leaders conducted a network inspection. However, on the night of New Year's Eve, due to the many fireworks and firecrackers, they were afraid of causing a septic tank explosion, so several deputy mayors led their team to various communities.

Hou Weidong was in charge of the Southern New District. The Southern New District was wide and the land was small and the people were small. Fireworks and firecrackers were concentrated in the old district, so they became the easiest group.

Deputy Director Zhang Min of the Municipal Government Office is a deputy director for many years. He has participated in the safety inspection for nearly ten years. He heard that it was inspecting the southern new district, so he secretly prepared some firecrackers in the car.

When the New Year bell rang, the whole city suddenly became excited as if it had eaten chicken blood at the same time. First, there were fire and lightning all over the city, followed by deafening sounds, and the air soon filled with the fragrance of gunpowder.

Hou Weidong and others came to a cement dam with a very wide view. It was cold in winter, and everyone shrugged their shoulders and put their hands in their pockets, watching the fires rising upward in the east and west urban areas.

More than half an hour passed, and the fire and sound gradually disappeared. Zhang Min called the office of the Southern New District and then reported to Hou Weidong: "Mayor Hou, I asked the office of the Southern New District. Everything is safe this year, no accidents."

She smiled and said, "Mayor Hou, the terrain here is open and there are no housing around. I have prepared some firecrackers and firecrackers to get rid of the old and welcome the new."

Hou Weidong happily agreed that all the leaders of the inspection team had regained their childlike innocence. Everyone lit firecrackers and set them on the dam.

After setting off firecrackers, Hou Weidong said: "Comrades, today's inspection work has ended here. I originally wanted to invite everyone to a meal, but today's time is too precious. Everyone hurry up and reunite with their families."

Hou Weidong returned home. It was already early in the morning. Xiaojia was still guarding the house and served some dumplings from the kitchen, saying, "Today is New Year's Eve. How many dumplings do you eat will make the whole family reunited."

He turned his phone into a silent mode, placed it beside his pillow, and then retracted it into the quilt. It was rare for him to sleep in. One was because he was busy with work, and the other was because he had the habit of exercising in the morning. Listening to the sporadic sounds of firecrackers outside, hiding in the bed and warming his wife, leaving all the mundane things aside, is also a great joy in life.
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